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The 42nd Annual Conference of the Urban and Regional Information
Systems Association (URISA) held November 7-10, 2004 in Reno, Nevada.
This presentation briefly reviews current status of the Future
Directions work groups, framework standards comment period and next
steps, and a focus on regional spatial data infrastructure development,
grants and other activities.

Creating and Publishing Metadata at geodata.gov. An overview of
Geospatial One-Stop and FDGC activities that are bringing the metadata
holdings of the NSDI Clearinghouse into geodata.gov is presented.
Several methods to publish metadata and partner with geodata.gov are
discussed. Presented at: August 2004 ESRI Meeting, San Diego, CA

This presentation covers voluntary consensus standards and the FGDC
policy on FGDC endorsement of voluntary consensus standards, focusing
on national coal mining spatial data standards developed through ASTM
International. Given to the geospatial standards task group of ASTM
International Committee D18.01 on Surface and Subsurface
Characterization

ASTM International Committee D18.01 on Surface and Subsurface
Characterization

This presentation was given at the 2008 GEOSS in the Americas
Symposium in Panama to orient practitioners to the capabilities of the
Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) and its core, common
components. Terminology is provided, and an overview of the
registration and discovery process using the GEOSS Registries and the
GEO Web Portals is also shown.

This presentation addresses the loss of knowledge in regards to the
data collected and analyzed by the human capital. Metadata is suggested
as a solution to aid in data preservation and rescue data and provide
means for legacy data discovery and access. Activities of several
entities to rescue data or provide a haven for orphaned data will be
reported. An executive summary on the USGS Scientific Information
Management workshop concludes the presentation.

The Workshop focus is on the implementation of ISO migration. It
should outline a step-by-step method for migration and explain how
various resources can be used. The United States is in the final stages
of implementing a new geospatial metadata standard in compliance with
the International Organization for Standards (ISO). The new standard is
based heavily on the FGDC’s Content Standard for Digital Geospatial
Metadata (CSDGM) but incorporates new elements, domains, conditionality
and formats. The standard will be implemented as an American National
Standards Institute (ANSI) standard and have a broader constituency
than the former CSDGM Federal standard.

The definition and components of the US FGDC and the NSDI and how
it was implemented and evolved in the US. Moreover, it discussed how
the NSDI is essential to an effective and viable homeland security
program for any nation/community.

9th International Seminar on GIS for Homeland Security sponsored by
the Korean Research Institute for Human Settlement (KRIHS)

The definition and components of the US FGDC and the NSDI and how
it was implemented and evolved in the. The principal point is, however,
that this is only one model. The model for any other country needs to
fit the culture, situation, requirements, politics, and personalities
of the nation programs and people implementing an SDI program.

Specific recommendations to enhance geospatial metadata holdings in
preparation for the transition to the international metadata (ISO)
standard and to increase metadata functionality within the geodata.gov
e-gov portal.

Briefing on why change stanrdards, what was the process, and what
are the differences between the standards. The presentation continues
with what steps remain and the assistance from the FGDC to implement
the North American Profile.

Hand-shake across the border - The North American (Metadata)
Profile.
Did you know the U.S. and Canada have been collaborating on the North
American Profile of ISO 19115 Geospatial Information- Metadata?
And did you know that the Profile, once adopted, becomes the Federal
Geographic Data Committee’s Content Standard for Digital Geospatial
Metadata Version 3? If not here’s the opportunity to gain
insights on this upcoming standard. This presentation shares
information about the geospatial resources addressed and descriptive
content of the North American Profile.

This 20 minute talk provides background on the Profile’s
development, but focuses on the advantages of the NAP over the CSDGM
and then discusses the efforts by the FGDC to guide and assist NAP
implementation.

The North American Profile of ISO 19115 Geographic Information -
Metadata experienced its origins in an agreement between the American
National Standards Institute and the Canadian General Standards
Board. The agreement was to develop geographical metadata
content, based on the International Standards Organization's ISO 19115,
for both countries requirements, The country profiles are
identical in content and each profile would be release on the same date
and time. Collectively the country profiles would be known as the
North American Profile, NAP. The partnership for developing the
standard doesn’t stop at this point. The Federal Geographic Data
Committee and Lands Information Ontario have signed a letter of intent
to jointly develop NAP implementation materials. The NAP would
not, as many standards do, languish on a shelf. It would have
resources or guidance to assist implementation.

The US is in the final stages of adopting a national geospatial
metadata standard. While the FGDC geospatial metadata standard was a
federal standard recognized by most state and local governments, the
forthcoming standard will be an American National Standards Institute
(ANSI) implementation of the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) Geographic Information - Metadata (standard).
This new standard, while based heavily on the FGDC Content Standard for
Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) version 2.0, introduces new formats
and content that incorporate more robust data structures, e.g.
flexibility, while at the same time addressing the need for increased
standardization in individual element values, e.g. domains. Get a sneak
preview of these new features as well as the draft guidance workbook
under development by the FGDC.

Did you know the U.S. and Canada have been collaborating on the
North American Profile of ISO 19115 Geospatial Information-
Metadata? And did you know that the Profile, once adopted,
becomes the Federal Geographic Data Committee’s Content Standard for
Digital Geospatial Metadata Version 3? If not here’s the
opportunity to gain insights on this upcoming standard. This
presentation shares information about the geospatial resources
addressed and descriptive content of the North American
Profile.

The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) sponsors the National
Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agreements Program (NSDI
CAP). This annual program assists the geospatial data community
through funding and other resources to build the infrastructure
necessary to effectively discover, access, share, manage, and use
digital geospatial data. Specific NSDI CAP areas of emphasis
include: documenting, implementing, and providing outreach for FGDC
geospatial standards including metadata; expanding geographic
information coordination across and between organizational levels;
promoting geospatial best practices; advancing geospatial related Web
services; and framework development. This presentation discusses
the purpose of the program and accomplishments of recent projects with
the results of universities projects highlighted. Finally, the
presentation offers the opportunity to learn how to benefit from
program participation.

This presentation is an updated tutorial that illustrates the
fundamental concepts of the NSDI, including metadata, geospatial data,
standards, partnerships, discovery, access, and processing services,
with an explanation of the history and rationale for their
inclusion.